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Most diseases are caused by proteins that have spun out of control. Unfortunately, conventional drugs have been able to stop only a fraction of these troublemakers. A new class of drugs known as PROTACs holds great promise in pharmaceutical research.

The complexity of living organisms is encoded within their genes, but where do these genes come from? Researchers resolved outstanding questions around the origin of small regulatory genes, and described a mechanism that creates their DNA palindromes.

A University of Michigan-led study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain aging and senescence.

Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys have shown how the virus Zika does so much with so little and may have identified a therapeutic vulnerability.

Our muscles are constantly breaking down and building up. For that muscle building, we need protein from food. According to research, a meal with meat ensures faster muscle building than a vegan meal with the same amount of protein.

A new study led by Stanford Medicine scientists demonstrates a simple way of studying organ aging by analyzing distinct proteins, or sets of them, in blood, enabling the prediction of individuals’ risk for diseases.

A test that analyzes specific sets of proteins in the blood can tell us how fast each of our organs is aging, enabling the prediction of disease risk and earlier intervention.

Scientists reveal unprecedented insights into human limb development, including the many intricate processes that govern their formation.

Scientists have identified abnormal aggregates of a protein called TAF15 in the brains of individuals with early-onset dementia, known as frontotemporal dementia, where the cause was not previously known.

A protein in the immune system programmed to protect the body from fungal infections is also responsible for exacerbating the severity of certain autoimmune diseases.